On Sep 1 14:51, LMH wrote: > I have a bash script that runs rsync and I have been trying to add a > command to shutdown the computer after the backup has finished > running. > > I have added, > > shutdown -s now > > and also tried, > > shutdown -s 5 > shutdown -x now > shutdown -x 5 > > but the computer doesn't shut down. Running which shutdown gives me, > > /usr/bin/shutdown > > so I know its there. > > Any suggestions?
Try the -f/--force option. Note that shutdown can succeed even if the machine won't actually shutdown. See, for instance, the remarks section on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376874%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple